Notable Historical Events on April 12th
April 12th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
467 |
Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. |
1065 |
Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem |
1111 |
Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor |
1204 |
4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople |
1229 |
Queen Blanche of Castile & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace |
1545 |
French King Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed |
1557 |
Cuenca is founded in Ecuador. |
1606 |
England adopts the Union Flag, replaced in 1801 by current Union Flag/Union Jack |
1648 |
University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens |
1654 |
Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council of State |
1713 |
Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom |
1770 |
Townsend Acts repealed |
1776 |
Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina |
1782 |
Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French |
1787 |
Philadelphia's Free African Society forms |
1811 |
1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA |
1820 |
Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. |
1826 |
Weber's opera "Oberon" premieres in London |
1844 |
Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States |
1857 |
Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published |
1858 |
1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit) |
1859 |
Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates |
1861 |
Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War |
1862 |
James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA |
1862 |
Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia |
1863 |
-14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana |
1864 |
Battle of Blair's Landing LA |
1864 |
Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn |
1869 |
North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law |
1872 |
Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) |
1877 |
British annex Transvaal, in South Africa |
1877 |
Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game |
1883 |
French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal |
1887 |
Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" premieres in Oslo |
1892 |
George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter |
1893 |
Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi |
1894 |
British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa |
1896 |
Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens) |
1898 |
Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy |
1900 |
The US Congress passes the Foraker Act, establishing Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory (effective 1 May) |
1905 |
French Dufaux brothers test helicopter |
1905 |
Hippodrome arena opens (NYC) |
1907 |
Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns |
1907 |
In Switzerland, parliament passes a new army bill reorganizing the nation's forces into a standing militia, with training required for all males |
1908 |
Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts |
1909 |
Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens |
1911 |
1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m) |
1916 |
Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement boards submarine U-19 at Wilmshaven, Germany, bound for a rendezvous with the Aud at Tralee |
1917 |
Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982) |
1917 |
Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome |
1919 |
British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages |
1926 |
Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms |
1927 |
Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai |
1930 |
4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days |
1930 |
Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days |
1931 |
Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager |
1931 |
Spanish voters reject the monarchy |
1932 |
Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo |
1933 |
Moffatt Field commissioned |
1934 |
Second highest ever wind spped of 372 km/h (231 mph) recorded on Mt Washington |
1934 |
The US Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers. |
1935 |
Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers |
1935 |
Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar |
1935 |
First flight of the Bristol Blenheim. |
1937 |
Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby, England. |
1938 |
1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY) |
1938 |
Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 |
1938 |
US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses |
1940 |
Italy annexes Albania |
1940 |
NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards |
1941 |
Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
1941 |
Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalarn consults with Hitler |
1942 |
9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280 |
1942 |
Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan |
1943 |
Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa |
1943 |
Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed |
1944 |
Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind" premieres in NYC |
1945 |
Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands |
1945 |
Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres |
1945 |
Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis" |
1946 |
Syria gains independence from France |
1951 |
Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day |
1952 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament |
1952 |
Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government |
1953 |
17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274 |
1953 |
KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1953 |
Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston |
1954 |
18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289 |
1954 |
8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3 |
1954 |
Belgian Van Houtte government resigns |
1954 |
Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock" |
1954 |
Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll" |
1955 |
1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2 |
1955 |
salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched |
1956 |
Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon |
1957 |
Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record |
1957 |
USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test |
1958 |
12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2 |
1958 |
Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk |
1959 |
13th Tony Awards: J B & Redhead win |
1959 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
1959 |
France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria |
1960 |
Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass" |
1960 |
Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard" |
1961 |
3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4 |
1961 |
Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner |
1961 |
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1) |
1962 |
San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area) |
1963 |
Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK |
1963 |
Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators |
1964 |
28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276 |
1964 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational |
1965 |
1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0) |
1966 |
1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam |
1966 |
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 |
1966 |
Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck |
1968 |
Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah. |
1969 |
Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer" |
1970 |
Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio |
1973 |
France recognizes North Vietnam |
1973 |
Sudan adopts constitution |
1973 |
Swaziland suspends constitution |
1975 |
Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved" |
1975 |
Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland |
1976 |
India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare |
1979 |
Soyuz 33 returns to Earth |
1980 |
BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms |
1980 |
Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams) |
1980 |
US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow Olympic games |
1980 |
Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession. |
1980 |
Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland. |
1981 |
45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280 |
1981 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic |
1981 |
Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation |
1981 |
Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched |
1982 |
3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot |
1983 |
Harold Washington elected Chicago's 1st black mayor |
1983 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1985 |
16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn |
1986 |
20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines |
1987 |
51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285 |
1987 |
Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55) |
1987 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
1987 |
Texaco files for bankruptcy |
1988 |
Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round |
1988 |
Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles |
1988 |
Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life) |
1988 |
Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif |
1989 |
3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker, Bobby Brown win |
1989 |
Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through |
1990 |
Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers |
1990 |
James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months |
1990 |
1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss |
1991 |
2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs |
1991 |
Nepalese Congress party wins general elections |
1991 |
US announces closing of 31 major US military bases |
1992 |
"Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs |
1992 |
2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61 |
1992 |
53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino |
1992 |
56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275 |
1992 |
Earthquake rocks Germany |
1992 |
Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France |
1992 |
Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN |
1992 |
Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1 |
1992 |
NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962 |
1992 |
Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle |
1994 |
Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam. |
1998 |
62nd Golf Masters Championship: Mark O'Meara wins, shooting a 279 |
1998 |
An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec. |
1999 |
US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. |
2002 |
Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez. |
2002 |
Palestinian suicide bomber (female) kills 7 and injures 104 (among them 9 Arabs) at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem. |
2009 |
U.S. Navy rescues captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates and capturing a fourth. |
2009 |
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue |
2009 |
73rd Golf Masters Championship: Ángel Cabrera wins, shooting a 276 |
2010 |
A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people. |
2012 |
A ceasefire in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising comes into effect |
2012 |
Bodleian, Oxford University and Vatican libraries announce over 1.5 million pages of ancient texts will be made available across the internet |
2012 |
Civilian rule in Mali is returned after Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president |
2013 |
11 people are killed and 30 are injured in mosque attacks across Iraq |
2013 |
A man-made 32-foot and 60 tonne monument that is dates around 2000 BC is discovered in the Sea of Galilee |
2014 |
The new drug, ABT-450, with a 90-95% success rate for treating Hepatitis C, is announced |
2015 |
79th Golf Masters Championship: Jordan Spieth wins, shooting a 270 |
2016 |
Investigators Visit Panama Papers Law Firm's Office |
2016 |
Tesla Recalls 2700 Model X SUVs for a Seat-Back Issue |
2016 |
Brazil Congressional committee recommends impeaching President Rousseff |
2016 |
Egyptians outraged at plan to transfer Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia |
2017 |
Dodge unveils one-seat 840-horsepower muscle car |
2017 |
Japanese, US navies plan joint show of force toward North Korea |
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